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SAFE DBPOSITURY FOR' RAILWAY GARS. No. 436,055. Patented Sept. 9, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. i

MATTHIAS N. FORNEY, 'OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SAFE-DEPOSlTORY` FOR RAILWAY-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,055, dated September 9, 1890.

Application filed July 18, 1890. Serial No. 359,200. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTHIAS N. FOENEY, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful lmprovement in SafeDepositories for Railroad- Cars, of which improvement the following is a specification.

My present invention is` an improvement upon that for which Letters Patent of the United States No. 414,035 were granted and issued to me under date of October 29, 1889; and its object is to admit of the utilization, more particularly in sleeping-cars, of the Window-recess of said Letters Patent as a receptacle for the safe-keeping of valuables, in addition to the performance of the functions contemplated in its original design.

To this end my invention, generallystated, consists in the combination of an arm-rest and receptacle recessed below a car-window sash, a Wicket adapted to close the open side of said receptacle and to stand in open position without obstruction thereof or interference with the passenger, anda lock for securing the wicket in closed position.

The improvement claimed is hereinafter fully set forth.

The invention of my Letters Patent No. 414,035 aforesaid provides a recess below a car-window, which is designed to afford a convenient arm-rest and to form a receptacle for books, packages, articles of clothing, or other property of a passenger which is desired to be kept within easy reach. My present invention enables such construction to be further utilized, without impairing its existing advantages, by the addition of means whereby it may at pleasure be made to serve as a securely-closed depository for money, jewelry, or other 'articles of value which the passenger may desire to preserve from access by other persons during temporary absences from the car or during the periods of his journey devoted to sleep. For this purpose I provide a revolving or swinging door or wicket so connected to the open side of the recess as to be adapted to either close the same when desired, or to give free access to the recess without projecting obj ectionably therefrom or occupying any appreciable portion of the space otherwise available for stowage therein. I likewicket, and for greatersecurity preferably employ a lock of such construction as requires the use of two keys in locking and unlocking, so that one key may beheld by the passenger and the other by the conductor'or other authorized employ.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective illustrating an application of my invention, the door or Wicket being shown as closed on the right-hand portion and open on the left, and Fig. 2 a vertical transverse section through the same.

The window recess or receptacle shown in the drawings is substantially similar to that of Patent No. 414,035, before referred to, being bounded by the window-sill D, bottom board E, outer casing A, and window-posts B. A door or wicket F, which is preferably, as shown,ofsemicylindrical form, provided with sector-shaped ends F and of proper dimensions to close the open side of the receptacle, is itted therein and is journaled at its ends by pivots f to. the window-posts B.

The wicket F is adapted to turn freely on its pivots, and when turned inward stands close to or against the inner side of the recess, as shown on the left of Fig. l and in dotted lines in Fig. 2, so that when the recess is not desired to be used as -a depository for valuables, as it probably would not be during the day-time, the wicket is entirely out of the way of the passenger, and the recess may be used as an arm-rest or as a receptacle for books, packages, &c., as originally contemplated, without any practical irnpairment of its efficiency by reason of the application of the wicket. The wicket is secured in position when closed by a lock G, having a key-hole g, and preferably of the class known as a safe-deposit lock, for the operation of which 'two keys are required. One of these being retained bythe passenger and the other by an authorized employ of the railroad or sleeping-car company, unauthorized access to the depository is prevented, as should the passengers key be lost or apwise provide a lock for securing the door or propriated the person finding or obtainingit could not without the co-operation of the custodian employ open the depository, and the latter would be correspondingly unable to ob- IOO tain access to it Without the co-operation of the passenger.

The essential feature of my invention is the provision of a Wicket and lock for closing the Window-reeess, so as to adapt the latter to temporary use as a depository for valuables, the Wicket being so arranged that in the intervals between such use the wicket shall rest in a position in which it is out of the Way of the passenger and does not interfere with the use of the recess as a support for the arm of the passenger and for articles which he may deposit thereon. I do not therefore desire to limit myself to the specific construetion and arrangement of the Wicket herein set forth, as it will be obvious that the same may be modifiedV in various particulars Withont departurefrom the governing structural and operative principle of my invention.

I claim as my invention and desire to sccure by Letters Patent i 1. The combination of an arm-rest and receptacle recessed in the side of a railroad-car below a Window-sash, awicket adapted to close 

